Cake Talk

Its after 12 just about my bed time. I just came from the kitchen. Whew! Its been quite a while now since I have stayed up this late for a wedding cake. Well, blame it perhaps on the rough start this week. First thing I did Monday morning was to have my car fixed. A cab hit me over the weekend and I just couldn’t afford not to have it back when I deliver my cake. That was priority number 1. The next day… Like car trouble not enough, I got a bad headache and fever which slowed me down with my work for the week even sent me back to bed for a couple of days. Despite of all of these little incidents, there’s just something today that inspires me. I was planning something quite simple on the last cake layer of the five. I thought I did not want to make it too difficult. Something attractive but not too intricate. Then this morning when I was staring at my last canvass, I thought a crosshatch pattern would be nice with that. Did not enter my mind that it would take me almost 6 hours to finish that up on a 16” layer. Did not realize that, up until I saw the sun setting on my kitchen window. Like that wasn’t enough, I thought, hey little gold and pearlized icing jewels of strabursts would be nice. Got some sugarpaste, rolled… cut…brushed… attach… then got a bit of icing, piped here and there then finished off with a bit of color. This is actually a renaissance / baroque inspired cake where patterns and decors are enthused by the fabrics that one will see in Shakespear in Love ( love the movie!). The bride has been wanting a pillow-shaped cake… so yes! Pillow cake she gets. That was around 10:30 pm already. I was wide a wake, still up and excited (without coffee for the whole day) . Hmmmm… Tassles! That would look nice. I made like about 20 pcs. One for each corner. I love them! Before I cleaned up I brushed the woven strap of the tassles with a little antique gold. That’s it, I'm happy! I’m excited to see it come together. Still hyper but I’ll call it a day.